11. RAJA. 4(){) 



tral fill. Upper parts with scattercfl round spots of a darker or 

 liglitcr colour ; greyish below, with black dots and lines. 

 Coasts of Northern Europe. 



a. Female, 50 inches long : stuffed. Sweden. Presented by Hr, A. 

 W. Malm. 



24. Raja oxyrhynchus. 



T.neviraja, Salviati. p. 140, tab. 52 ; Willughhij, p. 71, tab. C4. 



Raja, sp. no. 8, Artedi, Geti. p. 72, et Si/non. p. 101. 



llaja oxyrhynchus, L. Sijst. Nat. p. .'jno ; Briiim. Ichth. Mass. p. 2. 



rodtrata, Ris.'so, Ichth. Nice, p. 7, and JEiir. Mend. iii. p. loO. 



morula, Nardo, Prodi: Ichth, Adr. in Isis, 1827, pp. 470, 483. 



salviaui, Aliill. 4" Ilenle, p. 14;} (part.) ; Dnm6ril, Elasviohr. 



p. 5(il). 

 Lasviraja oxyrhynchus, Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pescc. 



Snout as long and pointed as in IL vomer, to which it is most 

 closely allied. The anterior profile deeply concave. Outer pectoral 

 angle somewhat pointed. Body smooth in young examples, but more 

 or less covered with minute asperities in old ones. Young examples 

 with some spines at the eyes and in the median dorsal line. Tail 

 iiuth a median series of spines, and iieneralJy ivith spines along the side 

 Teeth pointed. 



^Mediterranean. 



25. Raja nasuta. 



Midi. S,- ilenle, p. loO. 



No specimen is known to exist in collections, and I give here only 

 a copy of the original description contained in Solander's MSS. It 

 appears that a figure accompanied this description, which was also 

 seen by Sir J. Hichardson ; but it cannot be found now in the collec- 

 tions of drawings made during Cook's voyages : — 



llaja (dentibus acutis) ventre glabro, dorso scabro, rostro acuminate, 

 aculeis ad oculos, humeros, trifariisfjue in cauda. 



Habitat in Oceano Australian! alluente prope Totaranui (New 

 Zealand). 



Corpus omnino rhombeum, infra laive, albicans, supra aculeis mi- 

 nimis aspcrum, cincreum, parum nebulosum, marginibus anticis 

 rubicundis. Caput antice productnm in rostrum acuminatum, undique 

 asperum,rubicundum. Spinoc quincjue vcl sex supra orbitas oeulorum; 

 duo vel tres supra humeros; numerosfc in cauda in iribus seriebus 

 intequalibus disposita) : series intermedia in postica parte dorsi incipit, 

 Cauda corpore ^V brevier, subtus plana in medio liuea subaciileata 

 prodita, supra convexa armata spinis trifariis descriptis, pro])e api- 

 cem instructa ^/)iu/,s duabus rotunuatis subicqnalibus. I'iiuuc ven- 

 tral" 's in lobulum obtusum desincntes, antice exgerenfes proccssum 

 compressnra, obtusum, pinnis breviorem, apice ruberrimum. 



Denies nuraerosi, acuti. 



In multis convenit cum Raja o.vi/rincJio, Tjinn. Syst. Nat. p. .V.}'). 

 sed iiuUo tubcrculo spinoso in dorso, Sic. 



